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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juvenile-justice-centre-rules-northern-ireland-2008/article-39",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/427",
  "legislation_title": "Juvenile Justice Centre Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juvenile-justice-centre-rules-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Legal advisers",
  "text": "(1) The legal adviser to a child who is a party to any legal proceedings, civil or criminal, shall be afforded reasonable facilities for consultation in connection with those proceedings.\n(2) Subject to rule 37 a child’s legal adviser may consult with the child in the sight of but not in the hearing of a member of staff.\n(3) A child’s legal adviser may, with the director’s permission, consult with the child in connection with any other legal business.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 39 in operation at 12.11.2008, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/427/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:22.373836+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}